27830GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material While you were sleeping: 5 still critical after Bulgarian bus crash that killed 16; Storm drifts away from Hawaiihttps://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/while-you-were-sleeping-5-still-critical-after-bulgarian-bus-crash-that-killed-16-storm-drifts-away-from-hawaiiTop stories from around the world: 5 still critical after Bulgarian bus crash: Five people still have life-threatening injuries Sunday, a day after their tourist bus flipped over on a Bulgarian highway, killing at least 16 people and leaving 18 injured, authorities said. Dr.Sun, 26 Aug 2018 14:43:00 +0200montrealgazette-569ff325af0a69ee12edebbd14c1ed8820180826144300DFA checking if Filipinos among those affected by Iran quakehttps://www.rappler.com/nation/210434-dfa-checking-filipinos-iran-earthquake-august-2018?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is checking whether any Filipinos were among those affected by the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, August 26. In a statement on Sunday, the DFA said it is "monitoring the aftermath of the earthquake.Sun, 26 Aug 2018 10:20:00 +0200rappler-464cb610187c88604547dce456e3e31820180826102000Kerala, After The Floods: Denying aid to disaster-struck state is cruelty; India should see flaws in UPA policyhttps://www.firstpost.com/india/kerala-after-the-floods-denying-aid-to-disaster-struck-state-is-cruelty-india-should-see-flaws-in-upa-policy-5046691.htmlThere is controversy over whether or not India should accept foreign aid during a disaster. There is even confusion about what the official policy is and if it is an important enough issue to be examined, so let’s have a look at it. The Kerala government says it needs Rs 2,600 crore in aid to....Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:52:00 +0200firstpost-7263e8fb84027be662f92f303727d177201808260852002 dead, 241 injured in 6-magnitude earthquake in western Iran – officialshttps://www.rappler.com/world/regions/middle-east/210425-deaths-injured-earthquake-western-iran?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rappler+%28Rappler%29Locator map of Iran. TEHRAN, Iran – Two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, August 26, officials told local media. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometers southwest of the city of Javanrud in....Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:02:00 +0200rappler-aaa810145873ec2177634e0b80ccf4dd20180826080200